{
    "term": "adjust",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "adjust",
            "heSheIt": "adjusts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "adjusted",
        "pastParticiple": "adjusted",
        "ingForm": "adjusting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to change something slightly to make it more suitable for a new set of conditions or to make it work better",
            "sensetop": "adjust somethingadjust something to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Watch out for sharp bends and adjust your speed accordingly.",
                    "contextForm": "adjust something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This button is for adjusting the volume."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The brakes need to be adjusted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Adjust your language to the age of your audience.",
                    "contextForm": "adjust something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is important to have equipment that can be finely adjusted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This estimate may have to be adjusted downwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Salaries are adjusted for inflation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children are sensitive to family attitudes and adjust their attitudes accordingly."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["slightly", "finely", "automatically"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to get used to a new situation by changing the way you behave and/or think",
            "sensetop": "adjust to somethingadjust to doing somethingadjust yourself to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They'll be fine—they just need time to adjust."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After a while his eyes adjusted to the dark.",
                    "contextForm": "adjust to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It took her a while to adjust to living alone.",
                    "contextForm": "adjust to doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It can be difficult to adjust to being a parent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll quickly adjust yourself to student life.",
                    "contextForm": "adjust yourself to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My eyes were still trying to adjust themselves to the strong sunlight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She will gradually adjust to her new role."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It may take a little time to adjust to the climate here."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "adapt",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["quickly", "rapidly", "gradually"],
                "verb + adjust": ["be difficult to", "be hard to", "need time to"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move something slightly so that it looks neater or feels more comfortable",
            "sensetop": "adjust something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He smoothed his hair and adjusted his tie."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to acknowledge and apologize for something that causes problems or difficulties and ask people to accept and adapt to the situation",
            "labels": "(Indian English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The store will be closed this afternoon due to staffing shortages. Kindly adjust."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌst/",
                "audio": "ad/adjust/adjust__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌsts/",
                "audio": "ad/adjust/adjusts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌstɪd/",
                "audio": "ad/adjust/adjusted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ad/adjust/adjusting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌst/",
                "audio": "ad/adjust/adjust__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌsts/",
                "audio": "ad/adjust/adjusts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌstɪd/",
                "audio": "ad/adjust/adjusted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ad/adjust/adjusting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in the senses ‘harmonize discrepancies’ and ‘assess loss or damages’): from obsolete French adjuster, from Old French ajoster ‘to approximate’, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + juxta ‘near’."
}